Modernism · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 191803
Adam
Auguste Rodin, modeled 1880 or 1881; cast 1910
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Gift of Thomas F. Ryan, 1910. The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Public domain
- Artist
- Auguste Rodin
- Date
- modeled 1880 or 1881; cast 1910
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- 194 × 77.2 × 82.6 cm
- Era
- Modernism
Why it matters
Rodin’s over-life-size Adam rejects polished idealization. Its tense anatomy, weighted stance, and expressive gesture make the body itself a site of psychological and spiritual drama.